Millard Fillmore nominates the government of the Utah Territory

Interesting exercise, probably for an undergraduate college history student: What became of these men during their service in the Utah Territory, and afterward? What effect did they have on Utah’s history, and Utah on them?

Letter from President Millard Fillmore to the U.S. Senate, nominating people (all men) to govern the Utah Territory, September 26, 1850 – U.S. National Archives image

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Page 2 of President Fillmore’s letter to the U.S. Senate, nominating officers to govern the Utah Territory , in 1850. National Archives image

National Archives notes: Executive Nominations for the First Session of the 31st Congress, 12/03/1849 – 09/30/1850

Production Dates: 09/26/1850

Notes in red ink indicate that confirmation dates for each of these nominees — all but one done two days later. Fillmore’s nominee to be U.S. marshall in the territory wasn’t confirmed until the following February.

Amazing to think of the speed with which these confirmations occurred, compared to today’s U.S. Senate — and remembering that Congress was not particularly friendly to Fillmore.

An animated GIF of the Utah Territory as it evolved from 1850 to 1896, when statehood was granted. (Territory boundaries not exact, especially in the west, where early proposals took in parts of California) Wikipedia image

Nominations were:

Brigham Young, of Utah, to be governor of the Utah territory

Broughton Davis Harris, of Vermont, to be Secretary of the territory

Joseph Buffington, of Pennsylvania, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory

Perry E. Brocchus, of Alabama, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory

Zerubabbel Snow, of Ohio, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory

Seth Blain, of Utah, to be U.S. Attorney

Joseph L. Haywood, of Utah, to be U.S. Marshall.

What other odd little delights are hidden away in the on-line holdings of the National Archives? What sort of DBQ exercise can history teachers make out of this stuff?

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